TY  - JOUR
T1  - ANtibiotic use and risk of myocardial infarction—reply
AU  - Meier CR, Derby LE, Jick SS, Vasilakis C, Jick H
Y1  - 1999/12/01
N1  - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-21-jbk1201
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1997
EP  - 1999
VL  - 282
IS  - 21
N2  - 
In Reply: Dr Haider and colleagues state that
residual confounding, chance, or bias may be alternative explanations for
our findings. We agree, as discussed in detail in our article. However, 3
reasons speak against selection bias (ie, antibiotic users differ from nonusers
with regard to cardiovascular risk factors and medical attention sought):
(1) there were no subjects with diagnosed cardiovascular diseases in our study;
(2) we adjusted the analysis for number of practice visits (and therefore
for medical attention sought) with no effect on the results; and (3) we analyzed
antibiotic use in groups and not just users vs nonusers, which would mean
that any bias had to selectively affect users of certain antibiotics but not
others.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-21-jbk1201
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-21-jbk1201
ER  -